I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

The man was slender with a serious expression, yet he seemed like a towering mountain.

Barrett recognized him; he was the giant god spoken of by the gods, who had single-handedly enlarged the Titan King to thousands of meters tall, but now he couldn't understand him.

"Is it the Mountain Bandit King and not the God King? Why?"

The people of the Sky Island murmured this unfamiliar word, their confusion deepening:

"Are mountain bandits superior to gods?"

Barrett looked at Sieg with a complicated expression.

Even if he were slow to realize it, he would understand that the battle was already over and that Sig had defeated the God King in Sig's absence.

"Sig, you're here..."

Vegapunk, wearing a white lab coat, jogged over, grabbed Sigurd, and prepared to lead him away.

"The Divine Kingdom does indeed have a great deal of research on Devil Fruits. The Divine Race, who have been isolated from the world for eight hundred years, have a different approach to research, which has been very rewarding for me."

"Now, I have a new idea... but..."

"You just killed my clone, didn't you? Now you want to create a new one?" Sig said irritably.

“Yes, let’s get another new body.” Vegapunk nodded.

Peng.

A cloud of smoke exploded, and Sigurd, the second shadow clone, appeared once again.

The difference is that the shadow clone does not have a tree-shaped tattoo on its chest.

Essentially, this is a new body recreated using chakra energy (physical strength), and it is not a mirror image of the Demonic Sword Saint that replicates the original's health and condition.

The essence of a tree-shaped tattoo is a parasitic organism, so it naturally won't appear on a shadow clone.

The shadow clone Sigurd departed with Vegapunk.

However, with the creation of the shadow clones, Sigurd's energy was clearly depleted.

The strength of shadow clones is controllable; the more chakra (stamina) consumed, the more powerful shadow clones can be created.

Unlike Naruto, who can create hundreds or thousands of fragile clones at a time, Sigurd can consume up to half of his chakra (stamina) to create physical clones with a strength roughly equal to Sigurd's own.

The depletion of Sigur's aura was merely a depletion of physical strength, which could be replenished after a period of rest.

Therefore, it is not advisable to create new shadow clones during a battle. Currently, Sig's shadow clones are mostly prepared before the battle.

Just as Sieg was about to leave, he suddenly looked down at his stomach.

My stomach twitched and made a loud "gurgling" sound.

"You're hungry already?"

Sig reached out and pressed his hand to the tree-shaped tattoo on his chest. His hunger stemmed from his need to use his own strength to supply the branches of the world within him.

It's like a pregnant woman with a seven or eight-month-old baby in her belly, with a second mouth crying out for food, making Sieg herself hungry.

The sun was shining brightly, and under its warm rays, Sieg could feel a gentle warmth flowing into his body, replenishing his energy.

In theory, Sig, who inherited the power of the World Tree branch, could replace eating by sunbathing.

However, he only inherited a portion of the power from the World Tree branch, and given his size and build, his ability to absorb sunlight was naturally far less than that of the World Tree branch.

With one increase and one decrease, the existence of the World Tree branches placed a considerable burden on Sig's body.

"I'm so hungry..."

Sig quickly returned to his heavenly palace and ordered the cooks to prepare a meal.

After half an hour.

Sieg looked at the mountain of plates and dishes piled up on the dining table and felt a little helpless.

He just ate enough food for about ten people, which is roughly the same as Luffy's appetite.

For people with anorexia, this is not a pleasant thing...

Then I thought that this was just a branch of the World Tree. If the entire World Tree were sealed, it probably wouldn't be able to do anything in a day and would have to keep eating 24 hours a day.

The 100% biological hostability of the middle card now seems like a kind of exchange.

The sealed artifact is supported by Sig himself, and Sig shares some of the sealed artifact's abilities.

“The branches can still support it, but if we want to bring it to the World Tree, we can only rely on the sharing ability of the Sun Tree Eve,” Sigurd pondered.

Despite his thoughts, Sieg didn't plan to go to Fishman Island.

Taking away the Sun Tree Eve would have too much of an impact, and Sig just wanted to stay quietly in the God Kingdom's safe zone.

"Let's set a small goal first, and survive until the finale before going out."

Sieg made a decision.

As is well known, time flows extremely slowly in One Piece.

From Luffy's departure at sea to the Marineford War, the entire story unfolds within a year.

Therefore, after two years of training, from the Straw Hat crew's reunion to Luffy becoming the Pirate King, the One Piece story has come to a complete end, which should be less than a year in the One Piece timeline.

The idea of ​​surviving until the finale sounds far off, but in reality, Sieg only needs to stay on the island for a mere two years.

"It's only been two years, not a long time."

There are still quite a few things to do on this empty island.

Vegapunk's human modification experiments, the reforms throughout the divine realm, and so on... all of these require a great deal of time.

........................................

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

Sig's two-year plan is already halfway complete.

The original Sky Island Kingdom has been renamed "Sky Kingdom," as Sig attempts to erase the influence of the gods.

After a year of hard work by Baldy, the nine sky islands of the Sky Kingdom have become the base and backyard of the bandit gang.

The boundary between the gods and angels was forcibly broken by Sieg, and now they are collectively known as Sky Islanders.

The wings used as decoration on the backs of the Sky Island people were also deliberately promoted as a kind of national costume within the original divine race.

When the Sky Islanders removed their wings, and the Protoss put on wings, the two groups were indistinguishable, at least in appearance.

As for whether the shackles in their hearts still exist... that's not something that bandits can completely solve. It will take more time, perhaps a generation, to adapt to this dramatic change.

What the bandits could do was to use their powerful military force to suppress the entire border and ensure that no one instigated internal conflict.

.......................

The floating island at the top of the World Tree.

Sig lay lazily on the cloud, and the blue and white cat next to him also lay there lazily. The two of them had the same posture and expression, both lazy.

Sig is sunbathing.

Since sealing the World Tree branch, he has been spending a lot more time sunbathing and looks much lazier.

Sunbathing doesn't prevent Sieg from doing other things.

Training in Armament Haki is a slow and steady process with no shortcuts, and Sig has spent a considerable amount of time on it over the past year.

"The newspaper said the Straw Hat Pirates appeared in the Sabaody Archipelago and then left? I remember the Straw Hat Pirates are the same generation of Supernovas as Law and Bege."

The blue and white cat scrutinized the newspaper article and exclaimed in an old-fashioned manner:

"These young people are so energetic, they make me feel a little excited too."

The blue and white cat excitedly rolled over, its fluffy belly facing up against Sieg.

"Come on, pet me," it whispered.

“The cat-fucking gang is back again, are you scared? I remember you’re female, right?” Sig then said.

He reached out and rubbed the blue and white cat's belly while looking at the newspaper in his hand.

These newspapers are from a week ago, not the latest ones.

The divine realm is 10,000 meters away from the blue sea, making it inconvenient to go up or down, and it is impossible for the news bird to fly to the sky island at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

Every week, bandits would cross the gatekeeper's rainbow bridge to reach Elbaf, the land of giants beneath the World Tree, and obtain firsthand information from the giants.

"To be precise, it's news from seven days ago. Seven days is a long time; that's enough for the Straw Hat crew to conquer one or two islands, right?"

Sieg casually flipped to the second page of the newspaper:

"The Japanese Dog Hero has reappeared at the slave market in the Sabaody Archipelago, destroying a trading center and freeing hundreds of slaves..."

"Sun Dog? What kind of weird name is that?" Cat jumped in surprise.

It both sleeps with cats and dogs, and it feels that the world is full of malice and oppression towards cats and dogs.

"The report says that 'Japanese Dog Hero' is a title given by others, not something he called himself," Sieg read aloud.

"This person is wearing a bright red dog-shaped bodysuit, which seems to be imitating the Dark Knight Bat King from the tabloid comics."

"The first appearance of the 'Sun Dog Hero' was about half a year ago. At that time, the slave market in the Sabaody Archipelago revived, and the 'Sun Dog Hero' was doing the same things as the 'Sun Bear.' Some people said that he inherited the will of the 'Sun Bear,' hence the name 'Sun Dog Hero'..."

Chapter 1219 A Once-in-a-Lifetime Save/Load 4k

Twelve years ago, the Dark Knight Bat King appeared on the Sabaody Archipelago and freed a wave of slaves.

Afterwards, the fictional comic book story of Batman began to be serialized in the world's second best-selling tabloid.

Two years ago, former Marine Admiral Higuma turned the entire Sabaody Archipelago upside down. Even the Celestial Dragons' appearance was ineffective. The entire Sabaody Archipelago's population market was completely wiped out and destroyed, and for a time, they disappeared without a trace.

Bat King, General Sun Bear.

Their actions were certainly not meaningless; they rescued large numbers of slaves at various points in time. The one who caused the most trouble was undoubtedly the Japanese, who once uprooted the human trafficking market.

However, as long as the Celestial Dragons are still around, the Sabaody Archipelago will eventually return to its original state.

Sin and shadow will once again shroud this once-prosperous island, never to end.

Fortunately, the same applies to heroes.